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PAPER PACKAGE BOX. No. 306,531. Patented Oct. 14, 1884.

WITNESSES: INVENTOB ATTORNEY whose inner corners join, and the edges ofll'nirnn STATES THEODORE SCHMIDT, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OFTlVO-THIRDS TO JOEL O. SHOUP AND ROBERT L. HUGHES, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER PACKAGE-BOX.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,531, datedOctober 14, 1884.

Application filed April 21, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and use ful Improvement in Paper Package-BoXes;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paper package-boxes of such formthat five will fill an ordinary pail, the two sides forming an acuteangle with each other, and the end is divided into three faces, theterminals of which would intersect an arc of a circle, the sides and endof the box being united by slots and tucks, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth.

The package-box is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure I is a view of the blank. Fig. II is an oblique view of thepackage-box.

Like letters designate like parts throughout the several views.

A A are irregular -shaped pieces, whose outer breadth is greater thanthe inner, and

these pieces being creased, so as to bend the paper. All lines extendingover the face of the blank represent the lines for creasing.

E is a flap-extension of the piece A. and as folded lies against thepiece A to close the angular bottom. A A form the sides of the vessel.

13 and B are alike in contour, and are ex tensions outwardly from thepieces A and A, and each have two slots, i i, in the outer halves, B 13.Between A and A is a triangular piece, 0, with flaps J J at the outerangles, and intermediate between these the tuck D. This piece 0constitutes one end of the box.

(1 and O are parts forming the other end.

(Model.)

0 has one flap, J and is like in form to C, with the exception that theouter edge of O is an irregular line. Toward the outer angles are theslots f and g, which are parallel to the crease and edge of said part,and near the inner angle is the slot h. The part 0 has the flap J andtuck D on its outer edge, an inner tuck, near the center, and the tucksf and h on the outer edge of the same.

The dotted circular line at Fig. 2 shows the relation of the boX to avessel with a circular interioras a pail-which is frequently used forthe purpose of inclosing paper packages for shipment, and this figurealso exhibits the interlocking of the several parts.

The folding is thus: Part E is bent up until it forms an acute anglewith the piece A. A and A are bent up to a vertical position. The sidefolds, O 0 are bent together and united by the union of the tucks andslots of said parts. The flaps J J J J are bent at a right angle, andover these are bent the end folds, B B. The tucks D and D,which enterthe slots 2' 1; of both folds, are then bent down, and the box iscomplete.

The object in widening the outer ends of the pieces A A is that thevessels may be placed within each other to form nests for convenience inshipping.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is A package-box creased for folding, as specified, having sidefolds, A and A, with flap E, end folds, B B, with each two slots, "132', the bottom fold, O, with two flaps, J J, and tuck D, top fold, O",with slots h, f, and g, and flap J, top fold, O, with inner tuck, g, and

outer tucks, h fla) J and tuck D, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE SCHMIDT.

